I am back in Moscow for Christmas but before I left I got to have over some of my wonderful friends (one of whom lives in NYC and I never get to see) to eat and decorate cookies. It made me so happy to see them. I made rugelach at the request of my dear friend Sarah O. I have actually always wanted to try them but thought they seemed a little difficult. But they weren't and they were so totally delicious. The recipe is cutting in line of a bunch of other posts because my friend Rula wanted the recipe and since I think she will have more time over the break to cook then when she goes back to med school I am posting it for her. So you can thank both of them for getting this excellent cookie recipe.

The original recipe called for apricot preserves but I had raspberry jam and it seemed silly to buy a whole new thing of jam so I used raspberry. It was super tasty and I bet it would be pretty good with apricot as well. I may have to try them that way soon, since I am now back home with my family and they will probably want to try it.

I thought having all the jam and filling would leak out and make a mess but it amazingly didn't. I really like these cookies because they are not super heavy. This also makes them very dangerous. I'm pretty sure I ate five in one sitting, so be careful.